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Crystallized Rose Petals
Preparation info
- Difficulty
Easy
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By Claire Ptak
Published 2022
If you have beautiful, fragrant roses growing in your garden you are very fortunate indeed! This is a wonderful use for the petals when you have a glut of flowers in the late spring and early summer, and the candied petals make a stunning decoration for desserts or cakes, or a glass of champagne.
Ingredients
- unsprayed, fragrant garden roses
- egg white
- caster (superfine) sugar
Method
- Position sheets of baking parchment underneath cooling racks on a work surface to catch the sugar.
- Gently separate the rose petals from the flowers, one rose at a time. Keep the other roses in water.
- Very lightly brush the petals with egg white, using a new paintbrush. Do not dip the brush into the egg whites each time, as only a thin coating is requi
(Approx. per petal) Energy 17kcal/75kJ; Protein 0.1g; Carbohydrate 4.5g, of which sugars 4.5g; Fat 0g, of which saturates 0g; Cholesterol 0mg; Calcium 2mg; Fibre 0g; Sodium 3mg